Breeding Beneficial Bacteria and Microbes

I know this thread is old but, I am going to update it as soon I can. This is a very good question for folks trying to do organics the right way. Organics is not about marketing hype and 20 bottles of food you can brew/make yourself, for a very small fraction of the cost of the big name bottles and when you do it yourself the ingredients are fresher. (which is always better with true organics)
I am going to use a microscope and put some of these beneficial bacteria's to the test against casting and compost teas.
Of course my test will not be 100% accurate because as of now i do not know which species are which (by looks) but i should be able to see which ones have more activity then others........

Originally Posted by wyteboi

I am going to use a microscope and put some of these beneficial bacteria's to the test against casting and compost teas.
Of course my test will not be 100% accurate because as of now i do not know which species are which (by looks) but i should be able to see which ones have more activity then others........

LOL, save the looking.

If you use worm castings, especially fresh castings, there are tons of beneficial bacteria already in it. Add 1tbl of molasses/gallon of tea while bubbling it, and it will wake them right up.

I also make my own bokashi bran, some for my own form of bokashi, but the majority is used for worm food.

EM-1 concentrate (Efficient Micro Organisms) ~$20/qt shipped. The real beauty of it is, after MUCH digging, I found that you can make 1qt of 'activated' EM using 1oz of the concentrate. So you get 8 gallons from the quart.

All you need to make 10 lbs of the bokashi bran is 1 oz of the 'activated' EM, not the concentrate, so 1qt of the concentrate will literally make tons of the stuff.

Bokashi bran is just inoculated wheat bran which I get locally for $12.50/50lb bag. Cost like ~$17 for a 2lb bag online.

It's also used as animal feed, but I just can't seem to get my cats to eat it. The worms seem to love it though.

It's a start.

Wet

Originally Posted by Wetdog

LOL, save the looking.

If you use worm castings, especially fresh castings, there are tons of beneficial bacteria already in it. Add 1tbl of molasses/gallon of tea while bubbling it, and it will wake them right up.

I also make my own bokashi bran, some for my own form of bokashi, but the majority is used for worm food.

EM-1 concentrate (Efficient Micro Organisms) ~$20/qt shipped. The real beauty of it is, after MUCH digging, I found that you can make 1qt of 'activated' EM using 1oz of the concentrate. So you get 8 gallons from the quart.

All you need to make 10 lbs of the bokashi bran is 1 oz of the 'activated' EM, not the concentrate, so 1qt of the concentrate will literally make tons of the stuff.

Bokashi bran is just inoculated wheat bran which I get locally for $12.50/50lb bag. Cost like ~$17 for a 2lb bag online.

It's also used as animal feed, but I just can't seem to get my cats to eat it. The worms seem to love it though.

It's a start.

Wet

Thats another nice fuckin post wet !
Now i am gonna be in the books for hours reading on bokashi bran. (no big deal i just get intensive when i wanna know something.)

Quantum Growth the best beneficial microbes you can use. I bought through a manufactures rep. douglas speed.com and now I just use hid Hut and add it to my order. Screw making a bunch of powder spore formers when you can get liquid living stable microbes with no hassle. this is a consortisum of 19 strains all beneficial to the plant and their not spore forming. Spore forming miccrobes go dormant in stress conditions. Quantum microbes are living in the bottle they working 24/7 as soon as you add them. Happy growing, means happy banking. Indoorman

Plant success granular myco spores with beneficals and vitamins and low nute levels is pretty nice. Plant sccess is the maker of great white, but you can buy their granular for like $17. Used it every 2 weeks this cycle. Great stuff.

http://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubblepo...eneficial.html

Here's a thread I found a while back, though I have not tried it.

You could also check out www.fungi.com

MycoGrow Soluble is ~$8 for 1oz delivered and will make 12 gallons of solution. The beauty of it is, only ONE application is needed.

Wet

Originally Posted by Wetdog

You could also check out www.fungi.com

MycoGrow Soluble is ~$8 for 1oz delivered and will make 12 gallons of solution. The beauty of it is, only ONE application is needed.

Wet

Mine 1oz packet is still nearly full and I've already made more than 12 gal. Great deal and great quality.